Want to Build Your Own Corvette Engine

GM is figuring out how to make money selling cars again.

Recent positive financial announcements show General Motors is figuring out how to make money selling cars again. A good example is the new Corvette Engine Build Experience, wherein you pay an extra $5800 on top of the purchase price of your or for GM to let you build the car's engine yourself—sounds like one of those fancy restaurants where you pay big bucks to cook your own food. Genius.

Joking aside, this program is perfect for gearheads who want to say they had a hand in building their LS7 (Z06) or LS9 (ZR1) engine. Check the appropriate CEBE option when you order your Vette and a special concierge will schedule you for a date at GM's Performance Build Center in Wixom, Michigan. There you'll get to build your engine with supervision from a GM technician. Before the completed engine heads off to the assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, a personalized nameplate will be added next to the builder's name.

What's more, the program includes complimentary attendance at either the Bob Bondurant Corvette Driving School in Arizona or the Ron Fellows Corvette Performance Driving School at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Nevada.

Tune in next month when announces its Build Your Own Battery Experience, where you pay an extra $10,000 for Chevy to let you have a hand in building the lithium-ion batteries destined for your new . Just kidding.